On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Chris Tonkinson <chris@tonkinson.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I have ZFS (from AUR) and VirtualBox (from Community) installed. The problem is that these both dependend typically on very specific kernel versions, and usually ("usually" being a subjective and ill-defined term slanted by when and how often I update my system; at least once per day) cause dependency failures which prevent *ANY* upgrades from being processed.
As such, my /etc/pacman.conf contains an ignore declaration:
IgnorePkg = linux zfs-git spl-git virtualbox virtualbox-host-dkms virtualbox-host-modules
Looking at your IgnorePkg line, I assume you have both virtualbox-host-{dkms,modules} installed. Why? In the end they both provide the modules, only one is needed.
So once in a while, I'll comment out my IgnorePkg and attempt a system update and expect it to fail because getting the kernel, ZFS, and VirtualBox all to line up at the same time feels like, to quote Scotty, "trying to hit a bullet with a smaller bullet, whilst wearing a blindfold, riding a horse."
Is there any graceful solution here? Clearly the three won't (can't) ALL be bleeding edge simultaneously, but is there a sane workaround to keep them as-current-as-possible without pacman barfing on everything else. It's not immediately obvious to me how to combine IgnorePkg, HoldPkg, and NoUpgrade to achieve the desired result.
Yes they can, just install virtualbox-host-dkms and zfs-dkms-git, and build the modules via dkms. No need for ugly workarounds.
Thanks, -Chris
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